You can use a systemd service as we do. Simply check the PKGBUILD script on how to install it on your system. Then enable the service as usual. In couple of weeks I’ll send the maintainer of the driver on of our Bladebooks so we might get a proper fix within the kernel.

We already backported it to v4.18+. What is your actual issue. More details please.

my actual issue is that the touchpad is not working in Linux, I have a dual boot and in Windows 10 it works well, with gestures, button etc
When the desktop appear , after the boot, the arrow of the mouse is freezed.
This happen with kernel 414, 418 and 419

Seems I’ve to add another patch for you to make it work. Will do that to the linux419 package. Please check for a later package than 4.19rc7.1014.g3a27203-1. Most likely it will be fixed with v18.0-rc2 ISO.

Hello there,
after spending 2+ months trying to make the frozen ALPS touchpad of my new pc get to work, I managed to partially solve the issue thanks to this forum and this thread in particular. I just upgraded Manjaro to kernel 4.19.0-1 test branch and is it turns out the touchpad now is working. So first and foremost a BIG BIG thanks to Philm and the rest of the Manjaro team for (once again) the excellent work.
Only problem is, the pc need be plugged into the ac adapter for the touchpad to work, as soon as I unplug it the touchpad gets stuck again. I suspect this has to do with linux power management, no surprise considering that the fix provided by Philm seems to relate to QOS and latency in particular.
I’m searching now for a workaround in order to get the touchpad work also with the pc unplugged, was even thinking of fooling linux with some hacks so as to pretend that the pc is ac-powered when it actually isn’t. No way at the moment. In case I find a workaround I will adjourn this post.
Cheers

spending 2+ months trying to make the frozen ALPS touchpad of my new pc get to work

Well, your touchpad might have similar issues than we had with the SYNA3602. We need to know more details about your touchpad.

sudo libinput list-devices | grep -i touch
dmesg

And so on.

bluterminus:

This morning I tested the latest kernel and the touchpad is not working anymore. I now downgrade to the previous and working kernel version.

Yes, since I had a total regression on my end with the #bladebook I couldn’t use the patch. Maybe by adding the v4.20 subsystem for hid might get it solved. As soon as Linus is pulling it, I might get the patch and try it again.